AN: The first Chapter is written in Kara's POV. But if any of you see LOST it's going into flashbacks. For example, when I finish this first chapter it's going to straight when she's older but it isn't written in first person(not POV) I hope you guys get it because I wrote this in boring old science class. Ha go boring!

Chapter One: Past

I was only seven when my parents were killed. Strange to say I still remember it, who wouldn't? To me at that age, they were the strongest people I knew. Actually they were the only people I knew. My mother, Akiko was a dragon shape shifter, and my father, Sano was a one quarter dog youkai and three quarters human. But he was strong and happy none the less. Strange I know but my father fell in love with my mother's human form and my mother fell in love with him. I was surprised that my father didn't beat her to death when she told him that she revealed herself as a dragon. As a matter of fact he loved her even more, for he told my mother that he not all demon but not all human either.

After many months they got married and had me. My name is Kara, I'm a hanyou and proud of it. I have my mother's black hair and my father's blue eyes. I have my mother's dragon abilities, such as excellent sense of sight and smell, agility, and strength. What I got from my father was hearing thanks to the little ears on my head, but also his claws and fangs. Normal dragon hanyous don't have the same likeness as I do.

I never knew I was a hanyou actually more or less I though I was just a normal person not until my sixth birthday. I was just chasing a butterfly but as I chased it a youkai was chasing me. He caught me by surprise he called me a half breed; I didn't know why he would call me that. Before he made his lunge my father grabbed me just in time and killed it. For that I was thankful for, but my father wasn't too happy, not just with me but with the situation. I had to hear what I was from someone else and to make matters worst it was from a youkai. Though I was only six when my mother and father told me, I just didn't understand the true dangers of what I am.

My mother and father realized that though, so the next day my training began.

A year later I was a master at daggers and my agility has gotten better but still I was just a young girl. It was my changing day, the day I turned full dragon. Dragon hanyous have different cycles than normal hanyous, I don't turn human. My father was teaching me more with my hearing figuring that I needed help with it. My mother took me in and taught me the basics, hiding, using my claws and such. I was happy, very happy. Even with the thought that they were hiding something from me, but I was only seven, I didn't know any better.

Later that night I changed into my dragon form I have teal blue scales and my blue eyes turn black. As my mother could see I look exactly like her. Though this only happens under the crescent moon, and with that burden my senses were heighten and could smell, hear and feel what was going around me.

It was late and awoke with a start I smelled something so sickening and it made me cough like crazy. Even with that in my mind, my curiosity got the best of me and I got out of the house without them realizing. I glided, not flew to the path of this smell. I was at the heart of the forest, I only went here once and that was with my father.

The only thing that I remembered before the scent got to me all I heard was his laugh that would haunt me forever.

When I woke up I changed back to my original form, I instantly looked up at the sky and saw that it was still night. It was probably because of that smell, but didn't care. I heard screams and shouts coming from where I live. I instantly went after it without even thinking I was scared and alone I didn't know what was happening.

What saw when I got there made meso scared that forgot to scream, my mother was in her dragon form fighting along side my father, I saw the youkai they were fighting for the first time. He was scary and he sent chills up my spine. He dodged my father's attack with his sword, he stopped and looked at me with an evil grin, and he spotted me. "My dear you have come, now it's time to die" he said with his purple-blood shot eyes.

I wanted to run so badly but I couldn't my feet wouldn't move with my body. I was so scared, he moved toward me but my mother got ahead of him before he could harm me, but at a price. She got stabbed, but she would be okay or at least that was what I thought. She cursed in dragon tounge.I saw my father jump from behind and stabbed him in the back, he almost to him down if it wasn't for the dagger that went through his shoulder.

In my mind I heard my mother scream "Run Kara," but I couldn't I wanted to be with them, something in my heart told me to stay. But I was only seven. "I know you're scared, but you can't stay here now run!" she thought again but with more force. With hesitation and regret I ran and did what I was told. I was only seven, but yet I had to go through everything an adult would go through.

After a few minutes I stopped and looked back I felt like I was doing the wrong thing by running away that I had to go back and fight with my parents. Was it because they were fighting and I was so young or was it because I wanted to be with my parents. A voice was telling me to go back was it my consuois? I hesitated, tears ran down my cheeks. I didn't go back...not until the smell of blood reached my senses and at that moment I came to a decision. I ran back, my feet were blistered but came back; I wanted to be with my parents.

I stopped in my tracks as I stepped closer to the scene before me. In those few minutes when I was gone did so much damage that it just scared me. My mother was in her human-form probably because of the strain of her dragon powers. She was kneeling and breathing heavily. Her left arm was bleeding and yet so did the rest of her body.

My father was still standing, his limbs were shaking he was hurt not just physically but mentally. But when I saw the youkai he was untouched, he had a few scrapes but nothing dangerous. His eyes his emotionless, purple-blood shot eyes, again sent shivers up my spine.

With the last of his strength my father attacked him though it only fazed him but a short while, just a short while. With that shaken off he took out his sword and stabbed him my father, never again would I see his smiling face or loving affection, never again would I see that. He didn't scream or yell form the pain, he just fell. I screamed for him and I ran out of my hiding place, "No! KARA!" my mother screamed with tears running down her face. But it was too late the youkai had me by the throat. I squirmed and I tried to scratch him with my claws but it was no use I was weak he was strong.

"So this the girl, the girl whose supposed to kill me" he said to me.

I looked to my left and saw that my mother was standing, shaking but standing...for me. "LET HER GO YOU BASTARD!" she yelled with so much force that I could see her turning back into her dragon form. He released me and dropped me to the ground. Time stopped for me, everything went into slow motion, and I saw him thrust his sword in her I hear her scream only once. My eyes widened, never in my life had I seen so much blood. And that blood was my mother's and my father's.

I was alone, my parents were gone and now I had to deal with this insane youkai. For a moment I wanted to die, at least I'll see my parents again. I started to get mad, my hands turned into fists, I wanted to kill him, I wanted to make him feel so much pain like the pain I was feeling right at that moment. Something happened, something happened that changed everything about what I though about myself and my strengths. The earth began to shake, the trees began to fall, earth was all around me. I didn't know what was controling me but the presence made me feel safe and okay. I knew it was them... my mother and my father.

I pointed my hands towards him and the earth followed. I felt so strong and powerful I was so mad, I had felt so much pain, I could here his shouts of tourment. But the more he shouted, the more earth I sent, I didn't know what was going on but I like this feeling. I couldn't control it anymore, I just couldn't it stopped and I calmed down there wasn't any noise or rustling of leaves in the wind. I was alone. I breathed in feeling that I was holding my breath through all of this, and I fell into a dreamless slumber.

As the sun gleamed through leaves, waking me I looked around hoping that it was a nightmare and my mother was sleeping next to me. But it wasn't I smelled the blood from the night before. My home was destroyed, it looked as if an earthquake hit. But it was me, I caused it. I looked over to my left and saw the bodies of my parents there were lying there, motionless. For a moment I thought they were sleeping. I shook myself out of that cruel fantasy. I started to dig, this will be there grave. I cried while I did this task that no child should ever do. I cried when I had to touch there bodies I cried when I had to cover them. As a sign of respect placed flowers there and cried some more.

I knew he was still alive, a monster like that wouldn't have been beaten so easily. I didn't want to think about that, not now anyway. I sat there not saying a word, nor crying I wouldn't cry anymore I just didn't have anymore tears. I stood up and looked around me these past few hours changed me. My childhood was lost and I could never have it back, would I starve? Would I die like my parents? Would I live a full life? Is this it or is it just the beginning? I didn't know all I knew that I had to stop being a child from the moment I ran back.

I was only seven when my parents died such a harsh death, that youkai was after me and he wanted me gone. I looked back at my once happy home, where my mother taught me to read and write, where my father taught me how to use a dagger. What a cruel word is live? If I have nothing to live for?

I ran without food or water just my well being.

My name is Kara, I am 15 years old I'm still fighting, learning and I'm still living.

/AN: So how was that for a first chapter! Believe me it wasn't easy. Sorry if I mention to many I was only seven. But i wanted you guys to really now my charater and that she was only seven years old and she had to go through all that. She had to grow up at an age where you basically don' want to grow up yet. Chapter 2 is coming up soon. So pray for boring classes YAHOOO/

Signed.

MistressofMagicks